Combines 820 Head IJIJ

The 820 seems to be tricky to set sometimes.You get one thing set just right,and it throws off something else.If your tilt is correct,and you can cut low enough,try lowering the head a little with your height knob.That will bring the sickle tips up.It works like a teeter-totter.Remember that when you are having problems with the sickle pushing leaves etc. on the ground.For further problems,give John Young a call at 1-888-434-9820.He knows 820's inside and out.

I ran both 820 and 1020 this year in grain. I found with feeder house tipped ahead I couldn't seem to keep the 820 from going to the ground I sure would not want to do beans with the stones here. When we went back to the 1020 it worked great. I guess the 1020 attaches a liitle different. We had to keep the snouts on the 820 up on blocks so it would mount on the 1440. I'm sure my feeder house is ahead if different I will reply.Hope this helps Doug

there is another adjustment it changes the sickle pitch you have to raise tin on the top of the platform to find it

I am running an 20' 820 on a 1980 1460 which is all hydraulic not electric over hydraulic. I had a good dealer mechanic out at the start of harvest to help get the head as low as possible because we had very low pods on one field. He has told me that a 1020 will pick up many more rocks because it will cut slightly lower. I have some rocky fields. I try to plant higher podding varieties in those fields and run with the header adjust to the higher end on the cut which is with the feeder house lower tilting the cutter bar up and reducing the forward pitch on the guards. With the feeder house up and the cutter bar tilted more downward I pick up alot more rocks. I just finished my rockiest field and had only one close call with the cutter set higher (feeder house lower) The Pioneer 92B91s worked good there as the pods were higher. Another new Pioneer 3.1 bean were good but not desirable as the pods were much closer to the ground and the stems were hard to cut. I run the head up and down in some fields where the rocks are mainly on the knobs. Good luck, Jerry